If you don't have guys like Parker, Slowey, Owings, Volquez, Volstad, and even Zambrano on your watch lists heading into spring training, here's why you are making a mistake.

It's easy to fall in love with strong half seasons. It's also easy to read too much into them. After all, the midpoint of the season is an arbitrary cutoff, and there are bound to be performance swings between any few months of data. That said, many starting pitchers who surge down the stretch often are better speculations than others. Let's take a look at the SP whose BPV increased the most between the first and second halves of 2011:

You won't be able to earn a profit on these starting pitchers on draft day.

Here are several guys who have the upside and skills to become rotation anchors this season...

Let's take one final look at in-season buying opportunities when it comes to starting pitchers. Here are the SP who have posted elite skills over the last month...